MLB standings through games of August 28, 1972

MLB standings at the end of August 28, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	122	67	55	0	.549		440	408	34-29	33-26	7-3	Won 4
Baltimore Orioles	122	66	56	0	.541	1.0	421	332	31-31	35-25	6-4	Won 1
New York Yankees	121	63	58	0	.521	3.5	446	406	39-21	24-37	5-5	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	120	62	58	0	.517	4.0	507	522	37-21	25-37	6-4	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	122	58	64	0	.475	9.0	375	398	36-25	22-39	6-4	Lost 3
Milwaukee Brewers	121	48	73	0	.397	18.5	375	469	28-34	20-39	5-5	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	121	71	50	0	.587		461	423	48-16	23-34	6-4	Won 1
Oakland A's	122	71	51	0	.582	0.5	467	367	34-24	37-27	5-5	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	119	60	59	0	.504	10.0	419	423	31-23	29-36	2-8	Lost 7
Kansas City Royals	120	58	62	0	.483	12.5	454	437	37-26	21-36	4-6	Lost 2
California Angels	121	54	67	0	.446	17.0	368	451	31-29	23-38	4-6	Won 2
Texas Rangers	121	48	73	0	.397	23.0	390	487	28-33	20-40	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	121	75	46	0	.620		546	421	38-23	37-23	6-4	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	123	65	57	1	.533	10.5	532	460	36-21	29-36	7-3	Won 2
New York Mets	119	62	57	0	.521	12.0	407	433	33-29	29-28	3-7	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	121	60	61	0	.496	15.0	470	480	31-26	29-35	6-4	Won 3
Montreal Expos	120	55	65	0	.458	19.5	388	482	29-31	26-34	5-5	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	120	44	76	0	.367	30.5	378	494	22-43	22-33	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	122	77	45	0	.631		572	423	31-27	46-18	8-2	Won 2
Houston Astros	123	69	54	0	.561	8.5	579	501	32-27	37-27	6-4	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	120	65	55	0	.542	11.0	439	404	32-28	33-27	6-4	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	125	57	67	1	.460	21.0	500	581	30-28	27-39	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	124	54	70	0	.435	24.0	536	535	25-40	29-30	3-7	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	122	46	76	0	.377	31.0	399	532	20-47	26-29	2-8	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 6, Red Sox 4 at Boston (night game):
The slugging of Mike Andrews, who drove in five runs with a homer and double, enabled the White Sox to defeat the Red Sox, 6-4. Andrews hit his homer with two men on base in the fourth inning and batted in two runs with his double in the sixth. Luis Alvarado ran for Andrews and scored on a hit by Rich Morales. The Chisox were forced to call on five pitchers to stop the Red Sox, who left the bases loaded in first, fifth and seventh innings.

Orioles 2, Twins 0 at Minnesota (night game):
Jim Palmer scattered five hits and pitched the Orioles to a 2-0 victory over the Twins. Don Baylor homered in the fifth inning to provide the only run that Palmer needed, but the Orioles added an unearned tally in the eighth when Bobby Grich was safe on an error, advanced on an infield out and scored on a single by Boog Powell.

A's 5, Indians 4 at Oakland (night game):
A pinch-homer by Angel Mangual with two men on base climaxed a rally by the Athletics, who scored all their runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Indians, 5-4. Matty Alou, playing his first game in an Oakland uniform since being acquired from the Cardinals, singled to ignite the outburst. Reggie Jackson walked and, after an infield out, Sal Bando was handed an intentional pass. Ted Kubiak sent one run home with a sacrifice fly and Gene Tenace batted in another with a single before Mike Hegan was announced as a pinch-hitter. When the Indians brought in Mike Kilkenny to replace Steve Dunning, Mangual took Hegan's place at the plate and smashed his homer. Roy Foster and Graig Nettles accounted for the Indians' scoring with two-run homers.

Reds 5, Mets 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
The Reds erupted for four runs in the sixth inning, three coming on a homer by Bobby Tolan, to defeat the Mets, 5-2. Gary Nolan, making his first start for the Reds since being sidelined with arm trouble August 2, pitched six innings, according to the pre-game plans of manager Sparky Anderson, and then gave way to pinch-hitter George Foster, who doubled. Pete Rose walked and Joe Morgan singled for the first run before Tolan came to the plate and hit his homer. Denis Menke added a round-tripper in the seventh for the Reds' final tally.

Pirates 5, Padres 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Willie Stargell smashed a pair of two-run homers to power the Pirates to a 5-3 victory over the Padres. Stargell hit his first homer of the game after a single by Al Oliver in the fourth inning. Richie Hebner singled and Gene Alley doubled for another run in the fifth before Roberto Clemente singled and Stargell homered again in the sixth. Leron Lee and Nate Colbert whacked back-to-back homers for the Padres in the ninth.

Cardinals 4, Giants 2 at St. Louis (night game):
Starting with a leadoff homer by Lou Brock, the Cardinals scored four runs off Juan Marichal in the first 2 2/3 innings and beat the Giants, 4-2, behind the three-hit pitching of Don Durham. After Brock's belt, two more runs crossed the plate in the first on a pair of walks and a double by Luis Melendez. Bernie Carbo doubled and scored on a single by Ted Simmons in the third before Marichal was lifted.